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rupert murdoch and his son are going to be there. his rival at parliament this morning is about two hours from now. they're expected to testify in front of the committee about the phone hacking scandal. >> here are new photos of him arriving at parliament. they're testifying again today and you can bet, mikka, that all of great britain is -- has stopped to watch this. david cameron, of course, cut short a trip in south africa to come back to great britain. everybody is involved. it's not just -- >> it's engulfed the police, politics. >> the political world, you're right, the law enforcement world. scotland yard under siege right now. >> uk police being questioned for the alleged prize to the case in executives for murdoch's company. will 1 1 people have been arrested since the allegations emerged including the former ceo of murdoch's news and national news who heads to parliament later today. that should be fascinating. >>> also in the news, officials held talks from representatives saying the high-ranking delegation delivered a, quo
rupert murdoch and his son are going to be there. his rival at parliament this morning is about two hours from now. they're expected to testify in front of the committee about the phone hacking scandal. >> here are new photos of him arriving at parliament. they're testifying again today and you can bet, mikka, that all of great britain is -- has stopped to watch this. david cameron, of course, cut short a trip in south africa to come back to great britain. everybody is involved. it's not...
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>> both of you know rupert murdoch very well. i spoke to somebody yesterday. everybody around this table and the country knows who said rupert murdoch controls every part of his empire. i'm a friend of his. i know him. they're not paying out tens of million dollars in settlements without rupert murdoch knowing. this is one of his friends laughing about it saying not only did he know about the phone hacking calls, he probably listened to him. that's how involved rupert is in this company. >> there's no question that rupert is an incredibly hands-on manager. maybe i'm being naive. i would be shocked if he lied in front of parliament. at the very least, one of my impressions yesterday is he didn't seem to want to know what was going on while it was going on. he seemed to be okay, it's not my problem kind of thing. i think that's embalm attic of his style. >> i have to beg to differ. you remember the gangster who pretended to be nuts and used to walk around in his bedroom slippers. i felt with rupert it was as he was, seeming to be this out of it guy who is now re
>> both of you know rupert murdoch very well. i spoke to somebody yesterday. everybody around this table and the country knows who said rupert murdoch controls every part of his empire. i'm a friend of his. i know him. they're not paying out tens of million dollars in settlements without rupert murdoch knowing. this is one of his friends laughing about it saying not only did he know about the phone hacking calls, he probably listened to him. that's how involved rupert is in this company....
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that doesn't mean that rupert murdoch himself is vulnerable. >> reporter: on tuesday, rupert and james murdoch will publicly answer questions from members of parliament. the deputy prime minister told the bbc exactly what the government wants to hear from the head of news corp. >> i think he needs to come absolutely clean about what he knew, about what his senior executives knew. >> reporter: news corp published two full-page advertisements in the british press over the weekend. one, an apology directly from murdoch. the second, a list of what news corp will do to make it right and an admission. "apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps," the statement reads. "it may take some time for us to rebuild trust." >> that was stephanie gorvsk reporting. we want to get a check on business before the bell i know back's melissa frances, who is live at the new york stock exchange today. melissa, let's get a sense of how news corp has been asked by this already. the stock slump continues despite last week's share buyback. so what does this mean for american holdings, for u
that doesn't mean that rupert murdoch himself is vulnerable. >> reporter: on tuesday, rupert and james murdoch will publicly answer questions from members of parliament. the deputy prime minister told the bbc exactly what the government wants to hear from the head of news corp. >> i think he needs to come absolutely clean about what he knew, about what his senior executives knew. >> reporter: news corp published two full-page advertisements in the british press over the...
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rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n elections. prime minister after prime minister have kept themselves very close to rupert murdoch. blair would fly over to australia to turn up at his editors meetings. murdoch has gotten away with a lot more arguably in the uk because of that political reality, willie. it's really worth bearing that in mind. burdock is everybody's friend there, despite what they say in public. >> i guess the share prices of news corp went down 3.5% yesterday on this news. >> although they were very powerful and still are very powerful, it's still a small profit center. the fox busi
rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n...
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with what you've heard about rupert murdoch as far as being a hands-on owner? >> well, when i worked for the british papers, murdoch was very hands on. to be fair to him, his story about him taking a less in an interest in recent years, it's true, i think. he did put his son in charge over there, and i think he spends a lot less time day to day with the newspapers than he used to do. but there will be a judicial inquiry over there. everybody is going to be deposed. so, all the details are going to come out. i don't think the murdochs would have put this story out unless they think they can sustain it. >> it can hold up. >> but it will be fascinating to see. >> john cassidy, thank you so much. >> this is a fascinating story. >> your article is in the new issue of the "new yorker," good to have you. >> thanks so much. >>> china's infrastructure is booming with high-speed trains and you you towering skyscraper. >> and we hear they are going to take everybody over. it is exploding. it's going faster since, i don't know, southeast asia in the late '90s, and japan in
with what you've heard about rupert murdoch as far as being a hands-on owner? >> well, when i worked for the british papers, murdoch was very hands on. to be fair to him, his story about him taking a less in an interest in recent years, it's true, i think. he did put his son in charge over there, and i think he spends a lot less time day to day with the newspapers than he used to do. but there will be a judicial inquiry over there. everybody is going to be deposed. so, all the details are...
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but first before we go, there are new developments in the hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch's media empire. news international reportedly says it will release its dealings with the law firm that allegedly has e-mails documenting the company's wrongdoing. >>> coming up from the gang of six, we'll bring in the chairman of the senate budget committee, senator kent circle of protection. reverend jim wallis who was in that meeting will join us to explain. but first here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. early this morning if you're just joining us, a nice safe landing but a sad one, too. this was the last shuttle flight and the last shuttle landing that you'll ever see as "atlantis" touched down just about 6:00 a.m. east coast time. picture-perfect weather conditions and it was just a beautiful landing and everyone's back home safely. >>> as far as the forecast, it's hot. bottom line. from coast to coast, we've been dealing with very warm conditions exception being the northwest. today the hottest weather moves into the east. d.c., 100
but first before we go, there are new developments in the hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch's media empire. news international reportedly says it will release its dealings with the law firm that allegedly has e-mails documenting the company's wrongdoing. >>> coming up from the gang of six, we'll bring in the chairman of the senate budget committee, senator kent circle of protection. reverend jim wallis who was in that meeting will join us to explain. but first here's bill karins...